The LLCC Writing Center will be open to serve students through finals week during the following hours:
The Writing Center will close Thursday at 3 p.m. and reopen Monday, June 7 at 9 a.m. for the summer semester.
Dean Butzow, professor of geography, has been appointed to the Illinois Geographical Society executive council board as the two-year college representative. Congratulations, Dean!
Tina Compton, originally from Pana, began working as the employee recruitment coordinator in LLCC Human Resources on April 26. Previously, she worked in HR for six years with Prairie State Bank & Trust and 15 years with Pedcor in Indianapolis. She can be reached at tina.compton@llcc.edu or 217-786-2766.
Daymon Kiliman, a Springfield native, began May 3 as an academic support specialist in TRIO. Most recently, he served as the writing center director and Northwest Mississippi Community College. He earned a bachelor’s degree from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and two master’s degrees from University of Illinois Springfield. He can be reached at daymon.kiliman@llcc.edu or 217-786-2874.
Welcome, Tina and Daymon!
Tina Compton
Daymon Kiliman
The Academy of Lifelong Learning (ALL) at LLCC hosted the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read in Sangamon County during March and April 2021. This community reading program focused on “Lab Girl” by Hope Jahren. Fifty local organizations partnered with ALL to develop and offer free, fun and educational community-wide book discussions, speakers, interactive programs and arts presentations inspired by the book’s themes. One of the virtual keynote speakers was the author herself, Hope Jahren, who spoke on April 17 from Oslo, Norway. A recording of Hope Jahren’s NEA Big Read keynote address is now available.
Hope Jahren is an award-winning scientist who has been pursuing independent research in paleobiology since 1996, when she completed her Ph.D. at University of California Berkeley and began teaching and researching first at the Georgia Institute of Technology and then at Johns Hopkins University. She is the recipient of three Fulbright Awards and is one of four scientists, and the only woman, to have been awarded both of the Young Investigator Medals given within the Earth Sciences. She was a tenured professor at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu from 2008 to 2016 where she built the Isotope Geobiology Laboratories, with support from National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health. She currently holds the J. Tuzo Wilson professorship at the University of Oslo, Norway.
Officials of Lincoln Land Community College, the LLCC Foundation and the Kreher Farm Charitable Perpetual Trust cut the ribbon yesterday to open the new Kreher Agriculture Center on the LLCC campus.
“Today we continue to honor the intent of our generous donors, Charles and Irene Kreher, to transform and grow our agriculture program and attract more students to this rewarding profession,” said LLCC Board Chair Ken Elmore.
A gift of $18 million from the Kreher Trust to the LLCC Foundation was announced in March of 2018. Since then the college has revamped its agriculture curriculum, adding more technology, simulators, research and scholarship opportunities. The new 19,750-square-foot, $7.5 million building is the latest step in the program’s transformation.
LLCC President Charlotte Warren told the group of donors, elected officials and others gathered for the ribbon cutting, “We couldn’t be more excited about opening the Kreher Agriculture Center. We see LLCC as the central hub for agriculture education and the agriculture industry, the number one industry in the state. With this new facility, we will prepare even more students to be successful leaders and innovators in agriculture careers.”
Alexis Carroll, LLCC Ag Club president, expressed the excitement of her fellow ag students. “In this building, collaboration, innovation and great moments will happen. Our students will be better prepared and equipped with the education they will be receiving in this facility.”
President Warren had a message for students, especially those who may have never considered a career in agriculture. “To any student wondering if there’s a place for them in the agriculture industry, I say, you belong here at LLCC! The career possibilities are endless.”
Read more about the Kreher Agriculture Center ribbon cutting.
LLCC faculty and staff toured the new Kreher Agriculture Center that afternoon. The Center houses state-of-the-art classrooms, laboratories and student gathering spaces. It was designed to promote active learning including hands-on research, problem solving and group activities.
Yesterday’s ribbon cutting for the Kreher Agriculture Center was covered by WICS, the State Journal-Register, WFMB, WTAX, WMAY, Illinois AgriNews and Morning Ag Clips. Dr. Charlotte Warren, LLCC president; Ken Elmore, chair, LLCC Board of Trustees; Bill Harmon, professor of agronomy; Alexis Carroll, LLCC Ag Club president; and Brooklyn Wurm, LLCC ag student, provided interviews for the media. FarmWeek also published a story in advance of the ribbon cutting.
We are grateful to all of our community partners, donors, elected officials and media who joined us yesterday for the opening of the Kreher Agriculture Center.
Please join us, via Zoom, at 11 a.m. this morning for the presentation of the 2021 Distinguished Service Awards presented by President Charlotte Warren. The link is provided below.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84144979303?pwd=clNud2p4ZFZvNFdhVU5RUVY3Z0wrdz09
And if you missed yesterday’s Employee Recognition Week video, it is still available for viewing! It celebrated the outstanding faculty and staff who have been with the LLCC family for 25 and 30 years.
25 years:
30 years:
KUDOS to the employees listed below for going above and beyond to assist others and for modeling LLCC’s core values! Each will receive a KUDOS certificate.
Kimberly Alexander, Kimberly Conover, Dr. Jason Dockter, Amy Flynn, Misty Hagstrom, Tricia Hardway, Carrie Jacobs, Kyla Kruse, Dr. Tricia Kujawa, Laurie Lewis-Fritz, Brenda Loschen, Caitlin Perry, Karen Riddell, Sarah Scheufele, Matthew Shaver, Leslie Stalter and Holly Walton.
View the May 2021 KUDOS Nominations Award Winners to read about how these faculty and staff contribute to the positive environment that is LLCC and who nominated them for this recognition.
The next KUDOS award announcement will be made during the summer session. Brighten someone’s day and say “thank you, great job!” with a KUDOS recognition. You can nominate a deserving colleague by clicking on the KUDOS Nomination tab in the upper-right corner of LincIn.
LLCC Recruitment was asked to participate in 2021 Senior Decision Days at Springfield High School, Lanphier High School and Southeast High School on May 3 and 4. Kim Wilson and Emily Smith, recruitment specialists, talked with students who have decided to attend LLCC in the fall and provided them with LLCC T-shirts, swag, details on next steps and Summer Boost information. Students also took pictures with the LLCC photo frame!
When in Springfield, keep an eye out for the new “Picture Yourself at LLCC” SMTD bus ads, which will be on the road soon!
